Joining furs.



R. THEUERKAUF.

JUINING PUES. l APPLIOATION FILED MAE.25,1909.

93 1,235. Patented Aug. 17, 1909.

Z22 vno?? REINHOLD THEUERKAUF, OF LEIPZIG-GOHLIS, GERMANY.

JoININe Fuss.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 17, 1909.

Application filed. March 25, 1909. Serial No. 485,694.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RnrNi-roLD THEUER- KAUF, a subject of the GermanEmperor, residing at LeipZig-Gohlis, in Germany, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Joining Furs, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to the manufacture of composite pieces of fur,that is to say pieces made up by uniting the skins of sev eral animals,and one object of the invention is to more completely utilize the skinsand obtain wider strips than heretofore, with skins of a given size.

Another object is to reduce the amount of sewing required, and a stillfurther object is to obtain more uniform composite pieces of fur.

Heretofore it lhas been usual to cut away the less densely haired pawpieces by means of right-angled or obtuse-angled cuts at the fourcorners of the skin. The two lateral parts of the skin, originallycovering the underbody of the animal, were then out off and each dividedinto two triangular pieces by means of a diagonal cut. The triangularpieces or tongues were then sewed to the skin to produce anapproximately rectangular piece, which was considerably narrower thanthe original skin owing to the transposition of the triangular pieces.The seams largely destroyed the uniformity of the fur. Thesedisadvantages are obviated by the present invention, which will now bedescribed with reference to the accompanying drawing in which- Figure 1is a plan-view of a skin, before cutting, and Fig. 2 a plan-view of thesame skin after cutting. Fig. 3 shows a composite piece made up of skinscut as represented in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 shows a slight modification of themanner of cutting and Fig. 5 a piece made up of skins cut as shown inFig. 4.

Referring to Fig. l, the skin a has four paw or quarter pieces a head orneck piece c and butt or tail piece d. The sides are marked c. In Fig. 2the vskin is shown with the parts b cut away and the parts c and dtrimmed to form projections which are of twice the width of each ofthegaps made by cutting away the parts b. Skins cut in this manner arejoined together as shown in Fig. 3, with the parts c and d fitted intothe gaps due to the removal of the pawpieces of contiguous skins.

In Figs. 4 and 5 the front and rear of the skin are given rounded edgesinstead of serrated edges as in Fig. 2.

The uniformity of the composite pieces of fur produced in the mannerdescribed renders the same very suitable for the manufacture of articlesin imitation of more valuable furs.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent ofthe United States is l. A method of cutting furs for joining purposesconsisting in removing so much of the paw-pieces and of the head andtail pieces that the non-removed head and tail projections coincide inform with the recggss formed by the removal of two paw-pieces.

2. A method of cutting furs for joining purposes consisting in removingthe awpieces and parts of the head and tail pieces in such manner that arow of juxtaposed out furs will coincide at its edge with a similar rowof juxtaposed furs, the projecting portions of each entering therecessed portions of the other.

In witness whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo witnesses.

REINIIOLD THEUERKAUF.

Witnesses I-IERM. SACK, RUDOLPH FRrcKE.

